In my last blog “Not a serious means of communication” I quoted an internal memo sent by Western Union in 1876 who notoriously stated about the telephone “This ‘telephone’ has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication. The device is inherently of no value to us.” x Whilst reading around…
Not a serious means of communication…
It “has too many shortcomings to be seriously considered as a means of communication.” And “is inherently of no value to us” These words were sent in an internal memo in 1876 by Western Union about the telephone but despite Western Unions opinion and thanks to those that had a little courage we now live…
A Multi Media Nurses Day
Sunday 12th May was International Nurses Day and the online #nursecommunity came together and shared. The nursing community has gone from one tweeting nurse to over 6000 proud and passionate nurses and this pride and passion shone through on Sunday. Now I could go on … or I could just show you what happened ……
Something magical
I have been thinking a lot this week about nurse community – Sunday being International Nurses Day WeNurses are hosting a Nursing History Twitter Share-a-thon and photos showing our proud nursing history and blogs telling our own nursing stories are being shared already. I have been so very touched by everything being shared that I…
Twitter Groupthink .. and a few questions
Share with a Tweet A few months ago I had a conversation with someone and was dismayed when they said that nurses on Twitter are so agreeable that you never get a true representation of thoughts and that we had to beware of “groupthink” Having not heard the term “groupthink” before I turned to my…
Can Twitter change culture ?
Share with a Tweet Recently my attention was brought to the Government’s response to the Francis report one of my Twitter followers pointed out that #WeNurses and #OTalk are name checked in the document, of course I immediately re checked the document having missed it when I first read it … sure enough both Twitter…
5 Reasons… (Part 3)
This is the last blog in my 5 Reasons series – a few weeks ago I explored 5 reasons nurses give for why they don’t (or won’t) use Twitter and last week I looked at 5 reasons why nurses should use Twitter. This blog post is all about what nurses should know when starting out…
5 Reasons… (Part 2)
Share this post via a Tweet In my last blog post I explored “5 reasons nurses give for why they don’t (or won’t) use Twitter” and advocated that commonly given excuses are really just excuses … and we can get around them very easily in our quest to show others the value of the nursing community. …
5 Reasons… (Part 1)
Part 1 Share with a Tweet One of the hardest things to do as a nurse that uses and advocates social media is to ignite that spark in others and help them to see the value. My next three blog posts are entirely dedicated to the excuses, the reasons why nurses should use Twitter and…
Making a difference
Share with a Tweet On three separate occasions this week I have been reminded of a story that someone once told me about throwing starfish …. The first occasion was whilst attempting to write a blog on leadership and I was thinking about what keeps me going. The second time was when I was talking…